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J. H. FLAGS.

I Corner for Soapstone Stoves. v No. 48,542. A I Patented luly 4, 1865.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. FLAGG, OF PE'RKENSVILLE, VERMONT.

CORNER OR'JOINT FOR SOAPSTONE STOVES,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,542, dated July 4,1865.

exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements insoapstone and other similar stoves, and consists in casting eachcorner-piece bywhich the contiguous ends of two external parts of stovesare held together and in position, and also each cornerpiece oppositethereto, upon the inner side of the stove, for securing theadj oinin gends of the lining-plates in one and the same piece, whereby few, ifany, rivets or screws, bolts, and nuts are required, and a much strongerand firmer stove obtained; and, besides, the stove can be more easilyput together and taken apart when desired than it could he were theymade or cast in separate and distinct pieces, as has heretofore been thecase. i In the accompanying plate of drawings my improvements arerepresented, Figurel being a central longitudinal vertical section of asoapstone stove, and Fig. 2 a horizontal section thereof, taken in planeof line as m, Fig. 1.

a a in the accompanying drawings represent my improved soapstone stove,made of a square, polygonal, or any other desired shape,

and consisting of four pieces, I), c, d, and e, of

soapstone or other suitable stone, forming the external surfaces ofthe'stove; g 9, top plate of the stove. The four side pieces, b, c, d,and e, of the stove are set at right angles to each other on a suitablebottom plate, h h, and are held together and in position bycorner-pieces k 7s 70 70, one placed at each corner thereof. Eachcorner-piece is connected with the correspondin g and oppositecorner-piece, Z, upon the inner corners of the stove, and arecasttogether in one piece, as seen in Fig. 2. Inserted in and heldbetween and by the inner cornerpieces, I l, &c., are the lining-plates mm m, &c., which may be of any desired number and width.

From the above it will be evident that by casting the corner-pieces forholding thesoapstone sides and lining-plates together in one and thesame piece I not only form a stove which can be readily taken down andput up at pleasure, but one which can be held together with the use ofbut few, if any, rivets, screwbolts, and nuts, a great number of whichit has heretofore been necessary to use when the two oppositecorner-pieces-outer and innerhave been cast or made in separate anddistinct parts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent JAMESH. FLAGG.

Witnesses:

A. P. ORDWAY, JABEZ HAMMOND.

